祖母

Lf my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car.

"|"要是我祖母长着轮子，她还可以成为有轨电车呢。

Or they inherit a stock from Grandma and tuck it away the same way they did her china.

又或者是他们从老祖母那里继承了一个股票，然后像对待她的瓷器一样将之丢弃。

I have a Chinese friend who at a very young age was sent to live with her grandmother. As she grew up, she never understood why her mother was so unaffectionate,or why she was never allowed to live at home with her younger brother and sister.

我有一个中国朋友，从小就被送到祖母家生活，她成长期间始终不明白为什么妈妈对她一点都不亲，为什么从来不让她回家和弟弟妹妹住在一起？

Unpolished Gem My Mother , My Grandmother and Me

未经雕琢的宝石--妈妈，祖母和我

Then she applied to her old grandmother, who knew all about the upper world, which she very rightly called the lands above the sea.

她希望知道的东西真是不少，可是她的姐姐们都不能回答她的一切问题。因此她只有问她的老祖母了。

Generally the task was taken over by some woman without too absorbing an interest in socializing, and it was not at all unusual for the aunt or grandmother or elder cousin to spend considerable effort reading the ladies' journals and writing voluminously to staymakers, their former schoolmistresses, and friends to seek the best advice for training their charges.

通常，接手这些事务的女性都对社交生活没什么兴趣，并且对于这一类的姨妈、祖母或表姐，如下的行为根本就是再正常不过的：废寝忘食的阅读淑女杂志，与束衣制造者频繁通信，写信给自己以前的女教师、朋友只为了寻求管教女孩子最好的建议。

She is the fastest walker I know. She is also old enough to be my grandmother.

她是我所知道走路最快的人而且她的年纪已经大得可以做我的祖母了。

My mother forced a smile and shot me a wark look that abruptly softened once we got to the Buick and my grandmother reached for her hand.

一上车祖母就握住妈妈的手，妈妈勉强地笑了笑，一副凝重的表情看着我。

The opportunities for catering to white-haired grandmothers are huge, but the damaging headlines can be large, too.

照顾那些白发苍苍的祖母们带来了巨大的商机，但失败后产生的恶劣影响也同样巨大。

The whity will be a Mum soon, and when she becomes a Mum, I will be a grand mother!

她当了妈妈我就是祖母了！）小丫头急不可待地打断我，自顾自地说下去，满脸期待和兴奋。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。